![]() ![]() ![]() Expressing possession and being possessed.īelonging to a person or thing, as something that he, she, or it has or possesses.ġ954 D. From the OED, the usage of "of" in the first sentence is in the sense, For example, asking whether one knows "the brand to this monitor" sounds a bit odd, at least to me.īoth "to" and "of" here are prepositions. ![]() They'll both do you justice, but some may be more favourable than others depending on your preferences. Asking whether one remembers the lyrics to the song, would be the same idea as asking whether one knows the lyrics that comes with the song. To "remember the lyrics to the song," would express the idea of a connection, showing that with this particular song, comes a set a lyrics connected. To "remember the lyrics of a song," expresses the idea of lyrics being a characteristic, or possession:Īs though lyrics are a characteristic of a song, and you're asking whether one knows that characteristic, or as though this particular song contains a set of lyrics, and you're asking whether one knows the lyrics the song contains, thereby asking whether one "knows the lyrics of the song." ![]()
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